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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Goober5000 on December 21, 2006, 10:43:48 pm

Title: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Goober5000 on December 21, 2006, 10:43:48 pm
I'm surprised nobody has posted this yet.  Remember the AOL cancellation (http://insignificantthoughts.com/2006/06/15/what-a-week/) phone call from a few months back?  Now we've got mathematically challenged (http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html) folks at Verizon.  Apparently, five different Verizon customer service reps all think that $.002 is the same as .002¢.

My favorite part was when the woman said, "Well, we're calculating the figure here, and we're all coming up with the same thing, except for you."
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: haloboy100 on December 21, 2006, 11:32:03 pm
 :lol:
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Hippo on December 21, 2006, 11:43:53 pm
(http://photos-343.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v55/181/66/10033895/n10033895_33264343_4467.jpg)

was linked to me earlier, and now it makes sense :p
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: WMCoolmon on December 22, 2006, 04:08:35 am
Is it OK for customers to change the sign to whatever they like, too, when making payments to Verizon?
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Col. Fishguts on December 22, 2006, 07:31:10 am
The recorded phone call is hilarious. Even the goddamn supervisors don't grasp the relation between a number and a corresponding unit.
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Fury on December 22, 2006, 12:16:14 pm
What is ¢? A cent?
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: haloboy100 on December 22, 2006, 12:56:56 pm
well here in canada it is...dunno about america.
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Mars on December 22, 2006, 01:00:42 pm
What is ¢? A cent?

Yuppers
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Goober5000 on December 22, 2006, 01:59:14 pm
In other news, IceFire, who lives in Canada, apparently works for Verizon. :lol:

Just my 0.02 cents.
Just my 0.02 cents...
My 0.02 cents on this is to take a proactive stance.
Just my 0.02 cents.
Just what I believe...my 0.02 cents.
Just my 0.02 cents.
Most of these are in private forums, but the second one from the bottom is publically accessible.
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Prophet on December 22, 2006, 02:03:06 pm
Only Goob can spend his time like that. HE IS A MAN WHO CARES!!! :lol:
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Flipside on December 22, 2006, 02:53:20 pm
:lol:
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Ulala on December 22, 2006, 03:45:55 pm
I don't think I'd have the patience for that.
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Mathwiz6 on December 22, 2006, 04:00:49 pm
OK... 0.002 cents. 0.002 dollars.

0.002 dollars. 0.2 cents... 0.002 cents = 0.2 cents.

Sheesh people, don't you get it! Verizon merely uses complicated math  :nod:.

On the other hand, I know someone who says 1=0, though I think it involves dividing by 0.
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: IceFire on December 22, 2006, 04:02:03 pm
In other news, IceFire, who lives in Canada, apparently works for Verizon. :lol:

Just my 0.02 cents.
Just my 0.02 cents...
My 0.02 cents on this is to take a proactive stance.
Just my 0.02 cents.
Just what I believe...my 0.02 cents.
Just my 0.02 cents.
Most of these are in private forums, but the second one from the bottom is publically accessible.
I'll take my fractions of a cent/dollar/toonie and spend it wherever I want! :)
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: Ace on December 22, 2006, 04:33:21 pm
I bid 0.02 quatloos on the above reply!
Title: Re: Verizon can't do math...
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 22, 2006, 09:35:31 pm
Can I pay Verizon in ISK then?